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v INLET NOZZLE FOR'STAND PIPBS. No. 315,521. r Patented Apr. 14, 1885..

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE} SIMEON LORD-AND WILLIAM HENRYDAILEY, orsr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

INLET- NOZZLE FOR STAND-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 315,521, dated April 14,1885.

Application filed July 7, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SIMEON-LORD and WILLIAM HENRY DAILEY, of St. Louis,Missouri, have jointly made a new and useful Im- 5 provement inStand-Pipes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, referencebeinghad to the annexed drawings,

making part of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is a side elevationof a stand-pipe having the improvement; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improvement in that class of stand-pipeshaving two or more inlets and a valvular mcchanisnnenabling the water tobe delivered into the standpipe through either or both of the inlets,but preventing the water, when introduced through but one of the inlets,from being discharged through the other of the inlets. Such standpipesare frequently attached to the outer walls of buildings for the purposeof carrying streams of water to the upper part of the building.

The improvement relates to the valve and the mechanism therewithimmediately connected.

A, Figs. 1, 2, 3, represents that portion oi the stand-pipe with whichthe improvement is immediately associated. B B represent the two inletsthereto. G represents the valve. In place of employing a flap-valve, onefor each inlet, we use asingle ball-valve. This valve is adapted to seateither at b or at b, according to the direction in which the water 0 isintroduced into the stand-pipe. If wateris (No model.)

stand-pipe through the inlet B, the valve. is lifted from its seat I)and caused by the water to seat at b at the top of the inlet B. TheguardD prevents the valve from rising too high in the stand-pipe, anditalso directs the movement '50 of the valve as it is transferred to andfrom the seats b I), as described. In case the wa ter is being deliveredinto the stand pipe through both of the inlets B B at the same time, thevalve is lifted, and is upheld in the 55 chamber a above the seats I) b;and to steady 4 the valve at such time,so that it shall not interferewith the admission of the two streams of water, and so that it shall bein position to drop readily to the seat b or b, according to .60 theflow of water, as described, the guard, in addition to being curvedupward in the chamber a, is extended upward at its 'centerto formapocket, d, into which the ball is re-. ceived, as indicated by thebroken lines 0', Figs. 2, 3. In this manner, and by using the valve asdescribed, there is no liability of the valvular mechanism getting outof order,.as is liable to be the case when a fiap-valvegis used.

We claim- 1.- The combination, in a stand-pipe, sub- 1 stantially asdescribed, of the chamber a, the y inlets B B, having, respectively, thevalveseats b b, the ball valve G, and the guard D. 7 2. The combination,substantially as described, of the chamber a, the inlets B B, having,respectively, the valve-seats b b, the ballvalve G, and the guard D,curved upward in the chamber. 8o 3. The combination, substantially as described, of the chamber a in the pipe, the inlets B B', having,respectively, the valve-seats b b, the ball-valve C, and the guard D,curved upward, and also having the Pocket d.

SIMEON LORD. WILLIAM HENRY DAILEY \Vitnesses:

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